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Breeding Notes. — On June 5th, 1902, there was a severe and 

 very cold storm, and at one colony the birds evidently, crowded, 

 into the partially completed burrows for shelter, to such an extent 

 that those at the end were crushed or smothered to death; almost 

 every burrow had three or four dead birds, rammed hard against 

 the end; one hole had six, jammed into a mass which held together 

 so strongly I was able to drag it out by pulling on one wing; some 

 holes contained but one bird, and in these cases the little bodies 

 were not so badly jammed; one of these solitary corpses proved 

 to be that of a barn swallow ; I presume these single birds died 

 from the cold as doubtless had the several found on the ground 

 at the foot of the bank ; altogether some 30 or 40 swallows perish- 

 ed in this colony. {C. R. Harte) Nests abundantly in cut banks 

 of islands and gravel banks ; the nest is at the end of a double 

 mouthed]tunnel and is composed of a few dried grasses ; the eggs 

 are three, pure white and the shells are exceedingly thin. (W. H- 

 Moore.) Nests dug in sandy banks to a [depth of three or four 

 feet and lined with grass and feathers ; they breed in colonies in 

 suitable places near Ottawa; the set is five eggs, laid in May and 

 June. (Garneau.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



- Four; one taken at Ottawa in May, 1888, by Prof. Macoun; one 

 taken at Indian Head, Assa.,in May, 1892; one at Canmore, Rocky 

 Mountains, May 29th, i89i,and one atKamloops, B.C., June 29th, 

 1889, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



Three sets of eggs; one of five taken at Black Rapids, Rideau 

 River, Ont., June, 1894, by Mr. O. Klotz; one of four taken near 

 Toronto and received, from Mr. W. Raine, and one set of five, 

 taken at Pine Hill Creek, Alta., July 15th, 1900, by Mr. W. 

 Thorburn. 



CCXX. STELGIDOPTERYX Baird. 1858. 



617. Rough- winged Swallow. 



Stelgidopteryx serripennis\AvT)) Baird. 1858. 



I have a specimen taken at Toronto. This species is probably 



overlooked in our neighbourhood. {J*. H. Fleming^ Common 



along the streams and rivers of Middlesex county, Ont. Data are 



lacking for other points in the west of the province. I have been 



